Word: heartedness
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Treacle like that goes down easier when the storytelling is as confident and plainspoken as it is here. Unlike, say, the recent mini-series Queen, Dr. Quinn is hokum without an agenda, other than re-creating some old-time TV pleasures. The town characters -- a naive telegraph operator, a good...
The world is dark, lonely, and savage. God is "a cold shadow," as we are informed by the surly protagonist, who moans he "could have forgiven Him for everything but not existing." Painfully maudlin commentary unfortunately comprises the bulk of this ill-fated production of Ronald Ribman's Dream of...
But Sonnenschein's clever dialogue saves the day. By the end, Happy Part returns to its natural, light-hearted self and lets comedy conquer cliche.
It may be that Kevin's final confrontation with the crooks -- this time he booby-traps a brownstone that is undergoing renovation -- lacks the bestartling hilarity of his previous battle with them. It may be that his bonding with a homeless pigeon lady (Brenda Fricker) in Central Park is a...
Departing momentarily from the somber mood of the opening scene, the second section shows the dancers frolicking about the stage in white nightgown-like play suits with large red rubber balls. Although the music in this segment remains light-hearted and upbeat, the dancers' motions slow considerably: they drop to...